Press-board



(No Model.)

P. M. CARLSON 8: K. J. HAGBERG.

PRESS BOARD.

Patented June 22, 1897.

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M f a UNTTED STATES PATENT EEToE.

PETER M. CARLSON ANDKARL J. I'IAGBERG, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

PRESS-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,852, dated June 22,1897.

Application filed March 28, 1896. SerialNo. 585,280. (No model.) V

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER M. OARLSQN and KARL J. HAGBERG, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis andState of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPress-Boards; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to tailors pressboards of the variety wherein twoparallel boards are used, the lower serving as a support for the upperpress-board and both being connected by a block.

The object of our invention is to provide a press-board of this kind soarranged that the greater portion of each board from either extremitymay be employed.

A further object relates to means for connecting the boards so that theymay be readily separated.

In order that our invention may be better comprehended, attention isdirected to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side Viewof the completed device; Fig. 2, a top view, theupper board beingremoved and the connecting-block shown in section and Fig. 3, an endview, somewhat enlarged, of the lower board and block, the upper boardbeing shown in section.

In all the several Views corresponding parts are designated by the samenumerals of reference.

The two boards 1 and 2 are similar to those used commonly by tailors andmay be connected together by means of the sliding block 3, consisting ofthe two half-blocks 5 and 6. The board 2 is preferably flat on its underside, while the board 1 is slightly convexed and is ordinarily paddedwith some soft material. (Not here shown.) The connection between theboards and block is made by dovetailed tongues 4 4, formed integral withthe boards and fitting into corresponding grooves in the block 3, thetwo portions of which may be forcibly drawn together, clamping theboards in any'desirable position.

The block is preferably clamped by means of a bolt 7 passing through itand having a nut upon one extremity located,preferably,

in a recess in the half-block 5. The other extremity of the bolt ispivoted eccentrically in the slotted cam 10, formed upon the end of thehandle-bar 9. a recess similar to the one containing the nut justdescribed.

The bar being in the position shown in dotted lines 9, the nut maybeturned on the bolt 7, thus drawing the half-blocks together until theyfit loosely over the dovetail portions of the boards, and the bar 9being then swung to the position shown in full lines will cause theblocks to grip the boards with great force.

For a more convenient operation of the device a bend 11 is made in thebar 9, forming a handle. end of the bar enters an opening 12 in the faceof the block 5, thus preventing the extremityof the bar from becomingaccidentally caught and opened. recess lat in the side of the block 6,in order that there may be no projection beyond the side of the block.These blocks are prefer ably to be made of oak or other hard wood,

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a tailors press-board, the combination with two parallel boardsprovided with tongues, of a vertically-divided. connectingblock engagingwith said tongues, and means for forcing the parts of said block intoengagement with the tongues, substantially as set forth. Y

2. In a tailors press-board, the combination with two parallel boardsprovided with tongues, of a vertically-divided connectingblock engagingwith said tongues, and a bolt for forcing the parts of said block intoengagement with the tongues, substantially as set forth.

3. In a tailors press-board, the combination with two parallel boardsprovided with This cam is located in The bar also sets in a tongues, ofa vertically-divided connectingbloek engaging with said tongues, and acambolt for forcing the parts of said block into engagement With thetongues, substantially as set forth.

4. In a tailors press-board, the combination with two parallel boardsprovided with tongues, of a vertically-divided connectingbloek engagingWith said tongues, a bolt extending through both parts of said block, anut on one end of said bolt engaging With one of the blocks, and a camon the other end of the bolt engaging with the other block,substantially as set forth.

5. In a tailors press-board, the combination With two parallel boardsprovided With tongues, of a vertically-divided connectingbloek engagingwith said tongues, a bolt in said block, and a cam on said bolt, saidcam being formed on the end of a lever and said lever being bent to forma handle, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this lath day of March, 1896.

PETER M. OARLSON. KARL J. IIAGBERG.

Witnesses:

GEO. F. DAVIS, FRANK HAYES.

